Example sentences of "[subord] you [modal v] say [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These are areas where you could say farming was marginal . |
| 2 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 3 | Disobey me in this and I shall pack you off to Framlingham and send Joan elsewhere — more quickly than you could say wedding-bells ! ’ |
| 4 | Come holiday time , Stanley closed the school and was off north quicker than you could say algebra . |
| 5 | Well , I do n't bloody know , alright if you can say middle , you mean middle . |
| 6 | In your experience is there er , er a distinct failure on the part of people , I do n't know whether you 'd say men or women to report a lot of crime , I mean I do n't , I do n't know whether you can assess what proportion of crime 's are n't reported ? |
| 7 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 8 | You might be in here , harmless , visiting somebody , and before you could say Werewolves Unite they 'd have you on the operating table , jacking both legs off . |
| 9 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 10 | But it truly is , Fenella. if the Robemaker is there , or even if one of his horrid spells — what they call Sentry Spells — is lurking , we 'd be taken up and captured before you could say Gruagach . |
| 11 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
| 12 | I 'd be a Special Constable before you could say Fuzz . |
| 13 | No housekeeper could have resisted such an impassioned deputation : Violet was duly taken on and had donned her skivvy 's apron before you could say Octavia Hill . |
| 14 | If you have a highly cultured heron than any of Papagena 's numbers from the Magic Flute will see it off before you can say Gin Rin Kohaku . |
| 15 | Not like the old one — bottle of pink medicine and out through the door before you can say knife … ’ |
| 16 | Though we 'll be home before you can say Jack Robinson . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll be back before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 19 | If she is not watched like a hawk she will be in trouble of some sort before you can say Jack Robinson . ’ |
| 20 | Before you can say Edward de Bono , it might have found a way of creatively accounting your taxes , so the taxman actually owes you money . |
| 21 | He soon regains the old knack — and before you can say angel-dust , he 's flying and sword-fighting like never before . |
| 22 | strong word , I am but as you would say walrus ha ha ha I 'm a cobbler . |
| 23 | She was looking at the the question of self-scripture , and she has as a a criteria for differentiation or some , or as you might say boundary marks , it 's a question of boundaries between different groups . |
| 24 | ‘ They 'll have this wood chopped down for Beanos as soon as you can say market forces . ’ |